Multiple operated slider



Jam. 22, 1935. c. TOWNER MULTIPLE OPERATED S LIDER Filed Aug. 27, 1932Invezaior:

0rd li'wfiv ne Jww/ Patented Jan. 222, 1935 MULTIPLE OPERATED SLIDER.

Clifford Towner, Winchester, Mass, assignor to United-Carr FastenerCorporation, Cambridge, Mass a corporation of Massachusetts ApplicationAugust 27,

3 Claims.

My invention aims to provide improvements in slider devices for use inconnection with multiple operated fastener installations.

In the drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of myinvention:---

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a multiple operatedfastener installation showing my improved slider device;

Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the device shown in Figurev 1 but with thecover plate moved to open position; r

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a section of a portion of the pull-tab and cover plate of theslider device taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, the remainder of theinstallation being omitted.

In the annexed drawing I have shown as a multiple operated fastenerinstallation a slider, the usual stringers 1--1 and the separablefasteners 2 secured to adjacent edges of the stringers.

The slider which comprises an improvement in the installationillustrated has fastener-operating means 3 of usual construction adaptedto engage and disengage the fastener elements 2 when moved to and frolengthwise of the stringers l l. In the particular. structureillustrated the slider has a pull-tab 4 hinged to a loop 5 (Fig. 3)provided on the fastener-operating means 3. At the free end of thepull-tab 4, I have hingedly attached a concealing plate 6 which when inone position (Figure 1) conceals both the pull-tab and thefastener-operating means. In the other position the concealing plate 6reveals the pulltab 4 and the fastener-operating means 3 and providesadditional length to the pull-tab so that when it is grasped thefastener-operating means 3 may bemoved relative to the fastener members2.

In the particular structure illustrated the concealing plate 6 ishingedly connected to the free end of' the pull-tab 4 by suitable pivotpin pnr-' tions 7-7 formed integral with the concealing 'plate'andextending into loops 88 (Fig. 2)

' formed as integral portions of the pull-tab 4.

The concealingplate 6 is held in concealing position by a spring finger9 (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) formed integral with the pull-tab 4 and adapted tocooperate with a loop or cam portion 10 lo cated between the pivot pinportions 7--'7. When the concealing plate 6 is in concealing position(Figs. land 4) the spring finger 9 bears against the edge of the camportion 10 (Fig. 4) thereby holding it against accidental displacementfrom the concealing position. To move the concealing 1932, Serial No.630,693

plate 6 about its pivot it is merely necessary to grasp the free endthereof and pull upwardly relative to the pull-tab 4. The openingmovement islimited by contact of the shoulders 11 with the pull-tab 4,at each side of the spring finger 9, as bestillustrated in Fig. 3.

It is a purpose of my invention to provide a simple, inexpensive meansfor concealing the rather unornamental slider devices now commonly usedso that a neat and ornamental device 10 will be presented. The abovespecifically described construction accomplishes the desired resultwithout interfering with the operation of the slider device.Furthermore, my concealing plate 6 is so constructed and arranged, withre- 15 lation to the pull-tab 4, that the slider may be operat'edwithout moving the concealing plate from the position shown in Figure 1to the position in Fig. 2. I

While I have illustrated and described a par- 20 ticular embodiment ofmy invention, it should be understood that the concealing plate 6 may beattached to the pull-tab 4 and any suitable fastening means may be used,in place of the spring finger 9 and cain 10, to accomplish the desiredresult without departing from the scope of my invention which is bestdefined by the followin claims.

I claim! 1. A slider for a multiple operable fastener installationcomprising, in combination, fasteneroperatingmeans for engaging anddisengaging the fastener elements on opposed edges of stringers, apull-tab secured by a hinge structure to said fastener-operating'meansin a manner permitting movement thereof only in a direction directlytoward or away from one face of the fas tener-operating means, and aplate member secured by a hinge structure to said pull-tab and normallyin a position concealing the pull-tab and the fastener-operating means,and the axis of each hinge structure being parallel to the other.

2. A slider for a multiple operable fastener installation comprising,'in combination, fasteneroperating means for engaging and disengagingthe fastener-elements on opposed edges of stringers, a pull-tab hingedlysecured to said fasteneroperating means, a plate member hingedly securedto the free end of said pull-tab and concealing the pull-tab and thefastener-operating means and a yieldable finger on the pull-tab adjacentto the hinged connection between the pulltab and the plate member andoperable to hold the plate member in concealing position whilebeingoperable to permit it'to-be moved out'of con- 55 cealing position aboutits hinged connection with the pull-tab.

3. A slider for a multiple operable fastener installation comprising, incombination, fastener- 5 operating means 3 for engaging and disengagingthe fastener elements 2 on opposed edges of string ers 1-1, a pull-tab 4hingedly secured to said fastener-operating means 3, a concealing plate6, hinge pin members '7-7 and binge pin receiving loops 8-8 hingedlyconnecting said concealing plate 6 to the pull-tab 4 and a spring finger9 and cam portion 10 adjacent to the hinged connection between thepull-tab and concealing plate providing means for holding the concealingplate in position for concealing the pull-tab 4 and thefastener-operating means 3.

CIIF'FORD TOWNER.

